Supper Club × Make React 70% Faster! Million.js with 18 Year Old Aiden Bai

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Aiden Bai about his work on Million.js that aims to make React a lot faster. How does Million.js make React faster? And most importantly: has Aiden ever used a VCR?

Show Notes

• 00:35 Welcome
• 00:57 Introducing Aiden Bai
• Aiden Bai
• aidenybai on GitHub
• @aidenybai on Twitter
• Aiden Bai on YouTube
• Million.js
• 01:57 What is Million.js?
• 03:20 How does React do rendering now?
• 04:31 How does Million.js make it faster?
• 07:37 What goes into creating a compiler?
• 08:24 How do you go from learning JavaScript to writing compilers?
• 11:05 Wyze WebRTC stream work
• 13:13 What are you using to benchmark and test?
• solidjs.com
• js-framework-benchmark
• xkcd: Compiling
• 18:19 What does a slowly rendering site look like?
• 23:54 How do you handle find on page with large amounts of code?
• 25:32 What does 70% faster with Million.js mean?
• Hyper™
• Warp: Your terminal, reimagined
• 26:44 Why are maps slow?
• Supper Club × WASM, Fastly Edge, and Polyfill.io with Jake Champion — Syntax Podcast 643
• 28:19 Benefits of the Macro API
• 31:12 Does Million.js work across the board?
• 33:03 Does it ever break projects? How do you test Million.js?
• 35:35 How do you keep up on your GitHub issues?
• 37:40 What other areas of tech are you interested in working on?
• partytown
• 39:32 What was the inspiration for your website?
• 43:52 Supper Club questions
• Gruvbox with Material Palette
• iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement

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• Million Kitchen Sink

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